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JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
KUALA LUMPUR: Insiden kebakaran saluran gas di Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights yang berlaku pada pagi raya kedua hari ini agak 'dahsyat' apabila turut menyebabkan 'hujan pasir dan debu' bukan hanya di sekitar kawasan kejadian malah sehingga beberapa kilometer dari lokasi kejadian.
Pekerja swasta Nor Azian Jamil, 51 yang tinggal di Kampung Seri Aman, Puchong, berkata walaupun rumahnya terletak kira-kira enam kilometer dari lokasi kejadian, beliau turut merasai kesannya apabila halaman rumah dan kenderaannya turut 'dilitupi' pasir tanah merah serta kerikil halus.
"Pukul 8 pagi tadi saya nak pergi kerja, saya rasa pelik sebab dengar bunyi ngauman dan macam bunyi kapal terbang betul-betul atas bumbung rumah, apabila saya keluar saya lihat api menjulang tinggi jelas kelihatan walaupun jauh dan kenderaan saya sudah dipenuhi dengan debu dan batu kerikil halus," katanya.
Bercakap kepada BERNAMA, beliau berkata bukan itu saja, bahang panas turut terasa di perkampungannya, dipercayai kesan letupan berkenaan.
Tinjauan menerusi media sosial juga mendapati ramai pengguna yang memuat naik gambar serta video kenderaan dan kawasan rumah mereka 'dihujani' pasir dan batu kerikil halus.
Seorang pengguna Facebook Azizee Bos Abul Habis menulis "Seluruh Puchong dan Putra Heights kena hujan batu pasir debu … bunyi terbakar (kebakaran) sangat kuat dan dahsyat".
Pengguna Facebook, Suppie Mahmud pula berkata beliau mendengar seperti bunyi pesawat terbang di ruang udara rumahnya dalam keadaan hujan renyai dan diikuti guruh.
"Lepas itu, jiran mesej dan bagi gambar atas bumbung rumah aku ada pasir, hujan pasir rupanya," katanya menerusi catatan beliau.
Sharoan Nastashia pula menulis "Sepanjang 27 tahun hidup, ini 'pestaim' (buat kali pertama) kami nampak hujan pasir … heran kami ada bunyi pada atap tapi tak nampak pun air hujan turun, lama kami tengok hujan pasir kata suami saya".
Kebakaran saluran paip gas berkenaan dilapor semakin berkurangan setakat 1.55 petang ini.
Seramai 112 mangsa dan 49 rumah terjejas dalam insiden itu dan dihantar ke Hospital Cyberjaya, Serdang dan Putrajaya untuk menerima rawatan lanjut manakala 49 lagi mangsa menerima rawatan awal di Kuil Sri Maha Kaliamman, Subang Jaya.
Bomba mengesahkan sekurang-kurangnya 190 kediaman dan 159 pelbagai jenis kenderaan termasuk 11 motosikal mengalami kerosakan akibat letupan saluran paip gas bawah tanah di Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights di sini, hari ini.
BANGKOK: Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after a quake which killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 preschoolers, but said the civil war could prevent help reaching those in need.
Chinese television reported the death toll reached 2,719 on Tuesday, with more than 4,500 injured, citing Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing, who said fatalities could top 3,000.
The death toll is more than 600 higher than the figure reported by Myanmar state media.
The 7.7 magnitude quake, which hit around lunchtime on Friday, was the strongest to hit the Southeast Asian country in more than a century, toppling ancient pagodas and modern buildings alike.
In neighbouring Thailand, rescuers pressed on searching for life in the rubble of a collapsed skyscraper in the capital Bangkok, but acknowledged time was against them.
In Myanmar's Mandalay area, 50 children and two teachers were killed when their preschool collapsed, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
“In the hardest-hit areas ...communities struggle to meet their basic needs, such as access to clean water and sanitation, while emergency teams work tirelessly to locate survivors and provide life-saving aid,“ the UN body said in a report.
The International Rescue Committee said shelter, food, water and medical help were all needed in places such as Mandalay, near the epicentre of the quake.
“Having lived through the terror of the earthquake, people now fear aftershocks and are sleeping outside on roads or in open fields,“ an IRC worker in Mandalay said in a report.
The civil war in Myanmar, where the junta seized power in a coup in 2021, has complicated efforts to reach those injured and made homeless by the Southeast Asian nation's biggest quake in a century.
Amnesty International said the junta needed to allow aid to reach areas of the country not under its control. Rebel groups say the junta has conducted airstrikes after the quake.
“Myanmar‘s military has a longstanding practice of denying aid to areas where groups who resist it are active,“ Amnesty’s Myanmar researcher Joe Freeman said.
“It must immediately allow unimpeded access to all humanitarian organisations and remove administrative barriers delaying needs assessments.”
The junta's tight control over communication networks and the damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure caused by the quakes have intensified the challenges for aid workers.
Thai officials said a meeting of regional leaders in Bangkok later this week would go ahead as planned, although junta leader Min Aung Hlaing may attend by teleconference.
Before the quake struck, sources said the junta chief had been expected to make a rare foreign trip to attend the summit in Bangkok on April 3-4.
Hopes dim at collapsed building
In Bangkok, rescuers were still scouring the ruins of an unfinished skyscraper that collapsed for any signs of life, but aware that as four days had passed since the quake, the odds of finding survivors lengthened.
“There are about 70 bodies underneath ... and we hope by some miracle one or two are still alive,“ volunteer rescue leader Bin Bunluerit said at the building site.
Bangkok Deputy Governor Tavida Kamolvej said six human-shaped figures had been detected by scanners, but there was no movement or vital signs. Local and international experts were now working out how to safely reach them, she said.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): A devastating fire involving a Petronas gas pipeline at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor this morning, led to the rescue of 112 individuals, with 63 of them being hospitalised.
Selangor deputy police chief DCP Mohd Zaini Abu Hassan confirmed that the rescued and injured victims were residents of Taman Harmoni and Kampung Kuala Sungai Baharu.
He said that in addition to the 63 victims sent to Cyberjaya, Serdang, and Putrajaya Hospitals for further treatment, due to burns, respiratory issues, and wounds, another 49 victims received initial treatment at the Sri Maha Kaliamman temple in Subang Jaya.
So far, four places of worship – three mosques and one temple – have been converted into temporary shelters and treatment centres for the victims.
The mosques are the Putra Heights Mosque and the Nurul Iman Mosque, which were converted into temporary evacuation centres, as well as the Al-Falah Mosque in USJ 9, which was also offered by its management to be used as a shelter for the victims.
The Sri Maha Kaliamman Temple has also been utilised as a temporary shelter and treatment centre for the affected victims.
All four houses of worship are situated within a five-kilometre radius of Jalan Putra Harmoni, the site of the fire, which was caused by a leak in a Petronas gas pipeline.
Mohd Zaini, at the same press conference, said that the fire, which broke out at 8.10am, also impacted 49 homes in the surrounding area.
Videos, shared on social media by members of the public, depict the fire spreading to several nearby residential units, causing extensive property damage, including the destruction of dozens of cars and motorcycles.
As of 1pm, a total of 78 firefighters, supported by 22 assets, were at the scene. These assets include 10 Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) engines, four Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) units, five Water Tanker units, and specialised units, such as a Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) team, a BA Tanker unit, and an Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP) unit.
The operation involved personnel from the Subang Jaya, Puchong, Shah Alam, Bukit Jelutong, Cyberjaya, Rawang, South Klang, North Klang, and Damansara Fire and Rescue Stations.
Additionally, the Civil Defence Force (APM) deployed personnel from Petaling and Sepang, to assist with response efforts.
As of 1.55pm, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said that the fire from the leaking gas pipeline was subsiding.
He added that Bomba is continuing to monitor the situation. – Bernama
CYBERJAYA: Beberapa mangsa insiden kebocoran saluran paip gas di Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor, telah dihantar ke Hospital Cyberjaya untuk mendapatkan rawatan.
Selain itu, terdapat juga mangsa yang menerima rawatan di Hospital Putrajaya, Hospital Serdang serta Hospital Ampang.
Kesemua mangsa mengalami pelbagai tahap kecederaan dan masih dalam pemantauan pasukan perubatan.
Sebelum ini, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Selangor melaporkan, kebanyakan mangsa mengalami kecederaan, termasuk luka di bahagian kaki dan sesak nafas akibat kejadian itu.
Pihak Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) dijangka akan mengeluarkan kenyataan rasmi dalam masa terdekat mengenai keadaan mangsa serta perkembangan lanjut berkaitan insiden berkenaan.
KUALA LUMPUR – Ahli Parlimen Kota Raja, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu menggesa siasatan terperinci dan telus dijalankan terhadap punca kejadian kebakaran paip gas di Putra Heights, semalam.
Beliau yang juga Menteri Pertanian dan Keterjaminan Makanan berkata, langkah-langkah keselamatan juga perlu dipastikan diperketatkan bagi mengelakkan tragedi serupa daripada berulang.
Dalam masa sama, beliau menyeru semua pihak agar terus bertenang, mematuhi arahan keselamatan dan sentiasa menjaga kebajikan sesama jiran dalam menghadapi musibah tersebut.
“Semoga mangsa-mangsa yang sedang dirawat segera diberi kesembuhan, dan kita semua diberi kekuatan untuk bangkit bersama,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.
Menurut Mohamad, beliau semalam turut mengarahkan kakitangan Parlimen Kota Raja untuk turun padang mendapatkan maklumat berhubung kejadian itu dan bekerjasama dengan agensi kerajaan lain dalam memberikan bantuan awal kepada mangsa yang terlibat.
Pagi ini juga, tambahnya, beliau telah menghubungi pihak berkuasa dan wakil-wakil agensi berkaitan bagi mendapatkan maklumat terperinci.
“Saya juga ingin merakamkan ucapan terima kasih dan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada rakan-rakan Ahli Parlimen yang berjiran dengan kawasan Kota Raja yang turut sama turun padang, serta semua agensi kerajaan khususnya bomba, polis, petugas perubatan, dan pihak berkuasa tempatan yang telah bertindak pantas menyelamatkan mangsa dan mengawal keadaan daripada menjadi lebih parah,” katanya.
Dalam kejadian kebakaran paip gas yang berlaku di Putra Heights, Puchong semalam, seramai 305 penduduk dilaporkan menjadi mangsa dengan 190 buah rumah dan 148 kenderaan terjejas. – MalaysiaGazette